TRAVEL TRUNK SAILED ON TRAGIC RMS LUSITANIA BEFORE SINKING & LOSS OF 1197 SOULS For Sale

THIS WILL PROBABLY BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO OWN A TRUNK THAT ACTUALLY SAILED ON THE TRAGIC RMS LUSITANIA. I\'VE OWNED IT FOR MANY YEARS BUT I\'VE MOVED INTO ANOTHER AREA OF COLLECTING SO I WANT TO PASS IT ONTO SOMEONE WHO WILL APPRECIATE IT.RMSLusitania(named after theRoman provincecorresponding to modernPortugaland portions of westernSpain) was aBritishocean linerlaunched by theCunard Linein 1906. She was the world\'s largest passenger ship until the completion of her sisterMauretaniathree months later and was awarded theBlue Ribandappellation for the fastest Atlantic crossing in 1908.Lusitaniawas sunkon her 202nd trans-Atlantic crossing, on 7 May 1915 by the German submarineU-20, 11 miles (18km) off theOld Head of Kinsale,Ireland, killing 1,197 passengers, crew and stowaways.[3]The sinking occurred about two years before theUnited States declaration of war on Germany, but significantly increased American domestic public support forentering the war. THE TRUNK IS36\" WIDE 21.5\" DEEP 24\"TALL. OWN A GREAT PIECE OF MARITIME HISTORY. GOOD LUCK! LOCAL PICK-UP ONLY PLEASE DON\'T ASK ME TO SHIP IT.